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I've been kinda vegetarian (no red meat or the other white meat) for 25+ years, mainly from guilt.Not guilt of feed lots and slaughter, but greed of consumption, having visited India several times.There, the poor survive on a cup of rice and a glup of water.At the time I was working on a cruise ship where we ate like pigs and threw away more than was eaten.I decided to cut something out and chose red meat.

The most important thing about being a vegetarian is that you must immediately become a holier-than-thou cunt. No two ways about it. Double it if you go vegan.

I had a vegan housemate when I was a student. Prescription strength pain in the arse. She started out vego and then upgraded to vegan. Insufferable. She was a journalism student and did a story on battery hens. Apparently that's what pushed her over the edge. I wanted to push her down the stairs.

I know that battery hens have a shit existence but in my experience if you're a chicken then things are not going to turn out well for you no matter what. I have limited compassion and I'm not going to waste it on bantam australorps.

I'm a country lad and have encountered more than my share of chooks. Check out chicken society, they're really quite unpleasant creatures and probably deserve everything they get.

If you're doing this for animal welfare reasons you can't be taken seriously if you don't go vegan. I'm not sure why you're doing this, I didn't bother to read your OP.

The most important thing about being a vegetarian is that you must immediately become a holier-than-thou cunt. No two ways about it. Double it if you go vegan.

I had a vegan housemate when I was a student. Prescription strength pain in the arse. She started out vego and then upgraded to vegan. Insufferable. She was a journalism student and did a story on battery hens. Apparently that's what pushed her over the edge. I wanted to push her down the stairs.

I know that battery hens have a shit existence but in my experience if you're a chicken then things are not going to turn out well for you no matter what. I have limited compassion and I'm not going to waste it on bantam australorps.

I'm a country lad and have encountered more than my share of chooks. Check out chicken society, they're really quite unpleasant creatures and probably deserve everything they get.

If you're doing this for animal welfare reasons you can't be taken seriously if you don't go vegan. I'm not sure why you're doing this, I didn't bother to read your OP.

Life's too short and all that. Enjoy the bean curd.

MtD

I WISH THAT YOU WERE AN ORGANIC WOOL BLANKET SO I COULD WRAP YOU AROUND MY NAKED BODY.

I gave up red meat about 6 months ago, but not for any cause. I just suddenly got icked out by it. Same thing happened to me back in the 90s, and I went without it for 8 years. Desire for it came back for it just as quickly as it had left. I dropped 8lbs in the first month off it the first go around. Alas, that doesn't seem to be repeating itself this go around.